Pteropurpura

Pteropurpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species
Species within the genus Pteropurpura include:
 * Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979
 * Pteropurpura bequaerti Clench & Farfante, 1945
 * Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844)
 * Pteropurpura dearmata (Odhner, 1922)
 * Pteropurpura deroyana Berry, 1968
 * Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)
 * Pteropurpura esycha (Dall, 1925)
 * Pteropurpura fairiana (Houart, 1979)
 * Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)
 * Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839)
 * Pteropurpura modesta (Fulton, 1936)
 * Pteropurpura plorator (Adams & Reeve, 1845)
 * Pteropurpura sanctaehelenae (E.A. Smith, 1891)
 * Pteropurpura stimpsoni (A. Adams, 1863)
 * Pteropurpura trialata (Sowerby, 1834)
 * Pteropurpura vokesae Emerson, 1964
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Pteropurpura adunca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) : synonym of Pteropurpura falcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 ): synonym of Ocinebrellus falcatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
 * Pteropurpura capensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841) : synonym of Pteropurpura uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Poropteron uncinarius (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Pteropurpura debruini Lorenz, 1989 : synonym of Poropteron debruini (Lorenz, 1989)
 * Pteropurpura expansa (Sowerby, 1860) : synonym of Pteropurpura plorator (A. Adams & Reeve, 1845)
 * Pteropurpura falcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) : synonym of Ocinebrellus falcatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
 * Pteropurpura graagae (Coen, 1943) : synonym of Poropteron graagae (Coen, 1943)
 * Pteropurpura incurvispina Kilburn, 1970 : synonym of Poropteron graagae (Coen, 1943)
 * Pteropurpura inornata (Récluz, 1851) : synonym of Ocenebra inornata (Récluz, 1851)
 * Pteropurpura joostei Lorenz, 1990 : synonym of Poropteron quinquelobatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879)
 * † Pteropurpura laetifica (Finlay, 1930) : synonym of † Timbellus laetificus (Finlay, 1930)
 * Pteropurpura leeana (Dall, 1890) : synonym of Calcitrapessa leeana (Dall, 1890)
 * Pteropurpura multicornis Houart, 1991 : synonym of Poropteron multicornis (Houart, 1991) (original combination)
 * Pteropurpura quinquelobata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879) : synonym of Poropteron quinquelobatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879)
 * Pteropurpura transkeiana Houart, 1991 : synonym of Poropteron transkeianus (Houart, 1991) (original combination)
 * Pteropurpura uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Poropteron uncinarius (Lamarck, 1822)
 * Subgenus Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma): synonym of Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 184 6
 * Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma) vespertilio Kuroda in Kira, 1959 : synonym of Timbellus vespertilio (Kuroda in Kira, 1959)